Christopher Kennedy Lawford (born March 29, 1955), a nephew of John F. Kennedy, cousin-in-law of Arnold Schwarzenegger (appearing in two of his films, including Terminator 3), and son of Peter Lawford and Patricia Kennedy Lawford, is a Hollywood actor.
After many secondary roles in films for over a decade, he played a minor role in the 2000 film Thirteen Days, as Commander William Ecker of the US Air Force. He first achieved extensive recognition in the role of Charlie Brent on the popular soap opera All My Children in the early 1990s, playing opposite Susan Lucci. He continues to make guest appearances in numerous TV shows and mostly secondary film roles.
Lawford is a 1983 graduate of Boston College Law School, although he has never practised law, and the author of Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption (William Morrow 2005, ISBN 0060732482), an autobiography.
